On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 10:27 +0000, javiespa wrote: > A simple workaround that works in my case (while the bug is fixed): > 1. When you get updates notified, open the update manager as usual > 2. Instead of installing the existing updates (this will produce the problem > we all have), pres Check for new updates. This will ask for the admin > password and will work correctly. You will obtain the same list of updates. > 3. Press Install the updates. Since the admin password was entered in > previous step, it will not be asked for again > Voila! > > PS: My system is quite up to date hardware wise, I don't think it's > because of it being slow (Core 2 duo extreme, 8 Gigs of ram ...) running > Hardy. Previous version (Gutsy?) worked fine >
Many thanks. Will give that a try at the next update. Berni. -- update-manager fails to bring up the password prompt for root privileges https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187982 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
